Holiday Plans Announced By Auxiliary at Regular Meeting
Ladies Auxiliary to John Martin Steele Post 6049 met Wednesday with Mrs. Anthony Prombo presiding. Two new members joined, the charter honored Mrs. Hildegarde Buzzard, and a Girl Scout Troop received an American flag. Donations were made to Grundy County United Fund and health groups. Christmas events are planned for December 16, 23, and 30 with a January 3 reopening.
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Ladies Auxiliary
John Martin Steele
Anthony Prombo
Hildegarde Buzzard
Edith Ehrler
Ways and Means
Edward Pack
Mary Jane Clampitt
Pauline Uerkwitz
Bernard Roth
Sophia Baugh
Christmas Meetings and Club Gatherings In Local Churches
Calendar notes list ALCW Bethlehem Lutheran 7 30 p m Christmas meeting in fellowship hall. IAPGCAR 6 30 p m dinner gift exchange at Lis Drive Inn. Grace Lutheran Woman 7 30 p m dessert sample at church. Air Force Mothers Club 16 7 30 p m Eagles Hall Joliet Christmas program. Rural Home Club 1 30 p m Friday dinner and 1 gift. PNA Christmas party Sunday 1 p m VFW Hall. Mazon Masonic Lodge 826 AF AM annual meeting and officer election Oyster stew served. Lemon juice cleans stains from hands as a tip.
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ALCW
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Fellowship Hall
Iapgcar
Lis’ Drive-Inn
Grace Lutheran Church
Air Force Mothers Club No. 16
Eagles Hall
Joliet
Rural Home Club
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Log
Admitted list includes Earl McComas 403 George St Cecil White Rte 5 Joie Stoops Newark Mrs Charles Nelson Moose heart Dr James Brown Ottawa. Discharged Jerrald Watson Coal City Mary Louise Suttles Minooka Miss Brenda Baggett 1206 Division St Mrs Larry Harvey and daughter Maron Mrs Norman Foster and son Verona.
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Earl McComas
George St
Cecil White
Rte. 5
Joie Stoops
Newark
Charles Nelson
Mooseheart Dr
James Brown
Ottawa
Jerrald Watson
Coal City
Mary Louise Suttles
Minooka
Brenda Baggett
Division St
Larry Harvey
Maron
Norman Foster
Verona
Relief Corps Elects Officers for Upcoming Year
Woman's Relief Corps officers were elected Tuesday after a potluck. Installation will be Jan. 3. Officers include Grace Classens as president Fariel Borchett as senior vice president Violet Davidson as junior vice president Nellie Foster as treasurer and Mrs. Roger Smith as guard Mrs. Herbinger as conductress. Delegates to district conventions are Borchett and Clair Button with alternates Gus Eleopulos and Bertha White. A hospital donation letter was read and a candidate will be initiated December 19. Officers will wear white and a Christmas gift exchange will be held. Recreation closed the meeting.
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Woman's Relief Corps
Grace Classens
Fariel Borchett
Violet Davidson
Nellie Foster
Roger Smith
Herbinger
Clair Button
Gus Eleopulos
Bertha White
Kankakee State Hospital
Recreation
Boy Scout Activities at Den 1 Pack 475 Meeting
Den 1 Pack 475 met with den mother Mrs Theis. The boys made Christmas gifts and sang songs. Tim Peterson served treats. Billy Steele kept the buck skin.
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Den
ISU initiates Mu Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi
Mr and Mrs LeRoy Brandt of Gardner among 68 juniors seniors and graduates initiated into Mu Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi professional education fraternity at Illinois State University Brandt a graduate student in administration and his wife a senior in business education were among the new members.
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LeRoy Brandt
Gardner
Illinois State University
Kappa Delta Pi
Brandt
Change Next Meeting Date For Morris Morning Unit
Mrs Floyd Siron hosted the Morris Morning Unit of Grundy County Home Makers Extension on a Wednesday morning. New president Mrs Donald Funte led the meeting and discussed upcoming events. Members made contour pillows for William Fox Children's Center in Dwight. The January meeting moved to the second Wednesday at Mrs Robert Wahl's home with Mrs David Sweeney as co host.
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Floyd Siron
Morris Morning
Grundy
Gift Exchange Planned by Mothers of World War II District 11
The group will hold a luncheon at noon Tuesday at the Legion Hall in Lockport. Members should bring a $1 gift for exchange with their name inside.
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Mothers of
District 11
Legion Hall
Lockport
Christmas welfare meeting at Bethlehem Church
Lutheran Welfare Service of Illinois hosts a Christmas meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Members are asked to bring three dozen cookies and fruit.
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Lutheran Welfare Service of Illinois
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Newark couple welcomes a son this week at Sand wich Hospital
Mr and Mrs Larry Hilt of Newark are parents of a son born Wednesday in the Sand wich Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Howard Johnson of Newark and Mr and Mrs Vernon Hilt Sr of Lisbon. Mrs David Diane Steven from Brainbridge Maryland arrives to spend holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs Chester Claypool at 737 E North St.
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Larry Hilt
Newark
Sandwich Hospital
Howard Johnson
Vernon Hilt Sr
Lisbon
David
Diane) Stevenson
Brainbridge
Chester Claypool
E. North St
Marriage Licenses List Sets Premarital Matches
Joseph Edward Viano of Minooka wed Carol Ann Webber of Morris. Edward Duane Stuckey of Morris joined Sharon Ann Keplar of Minooka. Edwin T. Thompson and Irene E. Koehler, both of Morris, also listed for marriage licenses.
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Joseph Edward Viano
Minooka
Carol Ann Webber
Morris
Edward Duane Stuckey
Sharon Ann Keplar
Edwin T.thompson
Irene E. Koehler
Obituary: Mrs. Lesley Momsen of Coal City
Mrs. Lesley Ruth Momsen 57 of Coal City died Wednesday at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet after a lingering illness. Born Oct 14 1910 in Braidwood to John and Alice Quick she taught in Oglesby and Coal City schools. Survived by husband Lesley a son Larry four brothers and a twin Reuel Quick. Funeral at Coal City Methodist Church Saturday burial Oakwood Cemetery Wilmington. Friends may call Reeves Funeral Home Thursday evening.
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Coal City
Lesley
Ruth) Momsen
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Braidwood
John
Alice Quick
Momsen
Ogelsby
LaSalle-Peru Township
LaSalle-Peru-Oglesby
Oglesby
Lesley Momsen
Larry
Reuel Quick
John Quick
Piety Hill, Ill
James Quick
Buffalo, N.Y
Raymond Quick
LaSalle
Reeves Funeral Home
Lynda Bird Johnson Robb Rented Arlington House Revealed
Washington AP reports the President's daughter Lynda Bird Johnson and Marine fiancé Charles S. Robb disclosed their furnished Arlington, Virginia, rental three days before their March wedding. Neighbors spotted phone work at 3556 Valley St as Robb prepared for Vietnam duty. A pastry chef died during wedding cake preparations that evening.
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Washington
Arlington
Lynda Bird Johnson
Charles S. Robb
Robb
Valley St
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Vietnam
Clement Maggia
Maggia
Greenbriar Resort
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
White House
District of Columbia Marriage License Bureau
Coal City Woman Active in Church and Eastern Star
Friday hours from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. describe visiting times for Mrs. Momsen. She was a member of the Coal City Methodist Church and a past worthy matron of the LaSalle Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star.
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Momsen
Coal City
Auction 12 Coeds At Portland State College
A foreign student exchange program at Portland State College raised funds by auctioning 12 coeds wearing dark sacks on a bench. Bidders judged by legs and the highest bid reached only 2 dollars as most students worried about next week's finals.
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Portland, Ore
Portland State College
Believe Captive Fliers Are Loyal
North Vietnam is believed to hold 300 American fliers in captivity but no known turncoats exist among them, says Air Force Academy official Maj. Keith D. Young. He noted 750 Air Force and Navy aircraft lost over North Vietnam and estimated at least half of the fliers are in Vietnamese custody. Hanoi has not released exact figures.
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Los Angeles
North Vietnam
Air Force Academy
Keith D. Young
Air Force
Navy
Hanoi
U.S
Young
Salesman Killed In Davenport Two Car Collision
David A. Burns 46 of Chicago died in a two car crash on U S 61 eight miles west of Davenport. He worked for Allied Chemical Co of Chicago. Vern Haberman 51 of Davenport was hospitalized in serious condition. A Burns passenger Gary Plamondon 24 of Lombard Ill and Haberman's stepdaughter Janet Watson 32 of Davenport were also hospitalized in satisfactory or serious condition.
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Davenport
Towa
David A. Burns
Chicago
U.S. 61
Burns
Allied Chemical Co
Vern Haberman
Gary Plamondon
Lombard
Haberman
Janet Watson
Rocky Mountains Show Rugged Contrast Across Canada
Canadian Rockies stand tougher and more jagged in terrain than U S ranges. The comparison highlights broader continental relief, with higher peaks, steeper slopes, and remote wilderness accessed by fewer roads.
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Rocky Mountains
Canada
United States
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Frank Connor
Cynthia Jane
Gary Wheeler
Glen Wheeler
Belvidere
Relief Corps
College Campus News
Sidney R
My Poitier’ Steiger
Jwgias Mitchum
Widmark
Cee
Aist
Flint
Virgin Islands
James Coburn
Arlene
Nelson
Warner Bros. Technicolor
Panavision
Mrs. Lesley Momsen
Eugene Kerrick
Oakwood Cemetery
Wilmington
Lynda Bird
Lynda
Fisherboy
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